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Friends watching Friends : American television in Egypt / Katherine Dillion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dillion, Katherine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects--Egypt.
- Television broadcasting.
- Television programs--United States.
- Television programs.
- Television viewers--Egypt.
- Television viewers.
- Women--Egypt--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Public opinion--Egypt.
- Public opinion.
- Egypt--Civilization--American influences.
- Egypt.
- United States--Foreign public opinion, Egyptian.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Friends Watching Friends: American Television in Egypt is a media study on the impact and influence of American television in Egypt. Based on personal and small group interviews and research from 2004-2006, the work includes ways that Egyptian women view the influence of American television in their daily lives as well as showing ways that Egyptians use the media to develop their ideas about Americans. Using the sitcom, Friends as a focal point, the study probes commonalities about humor be...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-48137-1
- 9786612481376
- 1-4438-1610-8
- OCLC:
- 830167760
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